Special thanks in our time of need.....

This past week has been so stressful but in the midst of it all, God's mercy has been with us. He has kept us all healthy and well during this trial. On Wednesday of last week my mother had a preparatory surgery where doctors harvested veins for 4 hours to prepare for a major operation on Thursday. On Thursday, the team of doctors completed a bifemoral artery bypass and stint replacemnet in 8 1/2 hours where they removed infected grafts in her femoral arteries, replaced them, and connected them to the abdominal aorta. On Friday, I had a tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy on my right ear to remove a lesion on the bones, repair the eardrum and drill the bones behind the ear to remove infection. Then on Monday my mother also had a minor surgery to put in a Hickman catheter/ central line. To say that our family has been hit hard is an understatement. Miraculously, my mother was disimssed home today. She will recover at home with home health services for the next few months. She will receive IV antibiotics for the next 6 weeks which will be administered by my wonderful husband and great aunt twice a day. Next week my grandmother will have gallbladder surgery. To add to all this excitement...my brother and his girlfriend...now fiancee have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding. WOW!!!!! All I can say is thanks be to God....because without HIM we would have never made it. I know many prayers were going up on our behalf this past week and we have definitely felt HIS presence in our time of need. Special thanks to the many friends and loved ones for all your acts of kindness. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to be at the hospital, cards, flowers, food, and for loving my child when I couldn't be there with her. Thank you to the saints... I mean aunts who gave mom's house a facelift and thorough cleaning so that she would have a comfortable place to come home to. Thank you for the countless acts of kindness that you all have shown. My family is forever grateful and blessed because of you.